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Ditto vs Synonym - What's the difference?

ditto | synonym |

As nouns the difference between ditto and synonym

is that ditto is that which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise while synonym is .

As an adverb ditto

is as said before, likewise.

As a verb ditto

is to repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.

As an interjection ditto

is used to show agreement with what another person has said.

ditto

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • A spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners.
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  • (informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator
    • Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment, for my students.
  • A copy; an imitation.
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  • A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

    • Synonyms

    * (symbol) ditto mark, (abbreviation)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • As said before, likewise.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
  • * 1989 , K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala
    • The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but dittoed every action of the corrupt officials and police.

    Synonyms

    * ape * echo

    Interjection

    (head)
  • Used to show agreement with what another person has said.
  • *Boy: "I'm really busy today!"
  • *Girl: "Ditto! "

    • Derived terms

    * suit of dittoes * ditto suit

    synonym

    English

    (wikipedia synonym)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (semantics, with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
    • "Happy" is a synonym of "glad".
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  • (zoology, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
  • (botany, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
  • (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
  • * 2011 , Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible
    • Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * (word or phrase with same meaning as another) equivalent, poecilonym

    Antonyms

    * (word or phrase with same meaning as another) antonym, opposite

    Derived terms

    * near-synonym

    Related terms

    * synonymic * synonymist * synonymous * synonymy

    See also

    (en) * homotypic * heterotypic * ----